Before the start of the season, Ty Lue said that he wanted the Clippers to play with more pace. It was a goal he set before the 2020-21 campaign as well, but with a full training camp and a point guard who likes to run the floor in Eric Bledsoe, pushing the tempo seemed like a more reasonable goal. The Clippers also needed to play faster without Kawhi Leonard, the hub of their dominant halfcourt offense.
In a sense, the Clippers have been successful. After finishing 28th in pace last year, the Clippers are all the way up to 11th.